Buckle-cover



(No Model.)

. P. SOOLLAY'.

BUCKLE COVER.

No. 355,107. Patented D6028, 1886.

Witnesses v Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. SQOLLAY, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS. i

BUCKLE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,107, dated December28, 1886.

Application filed January 28, 1886. Serial No. 190,142.

(No model.)

, To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN P. SCOLLAY, a citizen ofthe United States. anda resident of Lawrence, county of Essex, Commonwealth of.

Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Cover forShielding Harness-Buckles, of which the following specification, withthe drawings annexed, gives a clear and exact description, such as willenable others skilled in the branch to which this pertains to make anduse the same.

My buckle-cover is intended to protect the buckles on any part ofthe'harness where the horses tail or inane is liable to catch in an openbuckle. It may also be attached to any part of the harness as anornament, and can be niade from any metal desired.

Figure I is a perspective view of the cover. Fig. [I is a top view, andFig. III an under side view, of the cover. Fig. IV is a perspective viewshowing a strap and buckle inside of the cover.

A is the outer crest or' surface of the cover.

B is an opening for the strap to go th rough.

O is the space at the opposite end for the strap,having in it anopening. D, for the tongue Z of the buckle L to set into it. Otherwisethe tongue would rest against the rim, and thus cause the opposite endof the cover to chat'e the horse.

E E are clips or catches, fastened to the rim on each side, (shown erectin Fig, 1,). which are to be bent over the strap or buckle, as seen inFig. III, to prevent the cover from chafing on either the strap orbuckle. or from moving in either direction on the buckle.

F F are side bars or rims connected at one end, and which, together withthe crest A, f.

conceal the buckle L entirely. H is the middle part of the crest orcover, between the slots K K. This narrow part may be lower than thegeneral surface of the crest A about a sixteenth of an inch, and thedepression can be filled with hardened rubber or any other compositionwhich may be desired for the purpose of ornamentation. The holes h h areto receive and hold the rubber or other substance.

L is the buckle shown inside of the cover in Fig. IV.

1 c1aim A A buckle-cover having the side piece,F, with one end open forthe reception of the tongue of a buckle, and openings B and G for thestrap, and the crest A, having the slots K K and the intermediate space,H, for ornamentation, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day ofDecember, 1885.

JOHN P. SOOLLAY. [L. s] Witnesses:

M. H. AMEs, CHARLES F. SARGENT.

